MINIMUM CLEARANCES.
Fort Worth City Code ch. 29, § 3.01.3
in effect3.01.3 MINIMUM CLEARANCES.
(a) Clearance from high voltage power lines. Signs shall be located so as to provide the minimum clearances in the following table. The term OVERHEAD CONDUCTORS as used in this section means any electrical conductor, either bare or insulated, installed above the ground, except such conductors as are enclosed in iron pipe or other material covering of equal strength.
Clearance From Overhead Electrical Conductors
Voltage of Supply Conductors | Minimum Clearances (feet) Horizontal, Vertical or Radial
300 to 8,700 | 8
8,700 to 15,000 | 8
15,000 to 50,000 | 10
50,000 to 138,000 | 20
138,000 to 345,000 | 30
(b) Clearance from fire escapes, exits or standpipes. No sign shall be erected in such a manner that any portion of its surface or supports will interfere in any way with the free use of any fire escape, exit or standpipe.
(c) Obstruction of openings. No sign shall obstruct any opening to such an extent that light or ventilation is reduced to a point below that required by law or ordinance. No such sign shall be within 24 inches of such opening. Signs erected within five feet of an exterior wall in which there are openings within the area of the sign shall be constructed of noncombustible material or approved plastics.
Source: City of Fort Worth, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Zoning Ordinance (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/ftworth/latest/ftworth_tx/0-0-0-27883Fetched: 10/26/2026